Freedom by Charles Bukowski: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Freedom that begins with:

he drank wine all night of the
28th, and he kept thinking of her: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXdXef XgchgciceXXg jfg ifbd djaehc cg ddkckeXccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,3,4,6,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111100 11111000 01111111 011111111 10111101001 0010 1011101110 11 11101110 111101111110 1110110101 110 1101110010 10101101 1 1110101 111 100001011 11011 01011 11100101 1101 0100 11101 111101 110001 110101010 11101 1100001 1101 11010 101 11110 101011 111 1111 111110110 0101 110110111 1 110111 10111 11110111 1011 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Freedom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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